Chapter 316 Crime

 "May your dreams come true."

Minato chuckled. Terumi Mei's idea was good, but it was extremely difficult to put it into practice.

However, since his rebirth, Minato has come to believe that the world is unpredictable. It is still unknown whether the girl in front of him can achieve her goal of changing the status quo of the Hidden Mist Village.

Who knows what will happen in the future?

"I have to go home." After a moment's hesitation, Terumi Mei said this. She didn't want to make her parents anxious anymore.

"Yeah." Minato nodded. This was human nature, but he still stopped her, "You'd better not go home now. Wait until dark and I'll take you back."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Mei Terumi knew that Minato was concerned about her and a smile appeared on her face.

Minato raised his expression and said, "Not only to ensure your safety, the later you go back, the later I will be exposed. I still have some things to investigate. After sending you home tonight, I will have to leave the Hidden Mist Village."

Mei Terumi frowned and asked, "Will what you do cause harm to the Hidden Mist Village?"

Although she did not guard against Minato, after all, their identities were different and they belonged to two different camps.

Mei Terumi also felt that she was really stupid. Although the person in front of her was kind-hearted, he was also a spy. How could he tell her the real information?

Minato saw her somewhat depressed expression, smiled and said: "No, more than two months ago, one of my companions also came to the Hidden Mist Village as a spy."

"Then he was discovered and captured by the Kirigakure ninja." Before Minato finished speaking, Mei Terumi thought so in her heart.

"It's been too long, I'm afraid your partner has already..." Mei Terumi raised her eyes and looked at Minato, and said in a low voice.

Although she didn't say it explicitly, the meaning behind her words was already very clear.

"Yes, he must have died." Minato's eyes darkened for a moment, but then his expression suddenly shook again and he said, "Even so, I have to confirm his death. If he is not dead, I will bring him back to the village!"

Minato also had a firm look on his face. He cherished his companions, which was his unchanging belief.

He has been fighting for this, and in fact, he has changed part of the familiar history.

Mei Terumi looked at the expression of the man in front of her and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

In her mind, a ninja should be cold and stern, completing the mission at all costs.

But the ninja in front of her would not abandon his companions. He even risked exposing his identity and putting himself in danger to save the people of her Mist Village.

She had never seen a ninja like this before. His behavior was not like that of a qualified ninja.

But in Mei Terumi's mind, she felt that he was the best ninja she had ever seen!

"Since you can't tell me your name, I will temporarily call you senior." Mei Terumi smiled.

"Of course you can, but what does that mean temporarily?" Minato asked with a smile.

Mei Terumi stared at him and said with a smile, "Because a ninja like you is definitely not what I see before me. I believe that one day, we will meet again. When I see your true face and know your real name, I will of course change what I call you."

Minato chuckled. This little girl certainly didn't have the ability to see through his disguise, but judging from her childish mind, and the fact that she already knew his identity as a spy, it wasn't surprising.

"Then I'll inconvenience you to stay here for a while. There is some food there. I will come back in the evening and take you home after dark."

Minato said that he had learned quite a lot of information so far, and now the only thing left was the news about the Konoha spy ninja whose life or death was unknown.

Mei Terumi nodded obediently, Minato smiled, and then with a whoosh, he disappeared from her sight.

With her current eyesight, she couldn't tell the difference between time-space ninjutsu and instant body-dlicker jutsu.

But she was not an ordinary girl after all, and there wasn't much fluctuation in her eyes at Minato's sudden disappearance.

Minato was walking slowly on the Kirigakure streets.

He planned to first see how the top leaders of Kirigakure would deal with last night's incident. After all, the clan that was wiped out was a big clan in Kirigakure Village. Although the Third Mizukage was cruel, he would not abuse his power to kill.

The Third Mizukage had to find a suitable excuse to explain the extinction of the clan.

Sure enough, after he had been walking slowly on the street for nearly half an hour, a large number of Kirigakure ninjas appeared on the street, announcing to civilians everywhere to gather towards the Mizukage Building.

Following the crowd, Minato arrived at the Mizukage Building.

In front of the Mizukage Building, a large number of Kirigakure civilians gathered.

A few minutes later, on the Mizukage building, the Third Mizukage, wearing a Mizukage hat, walked slowly towards them.

At this time, following behind him were several ninjas who looked to be in their thirties or forties.

The Third Mizukage glanced at the civilians below with an indifferent look, and slowly said, "The reason I gathered you here so early in the morning is because the reform I talked about yesterday has completed the first step."

Having said that, the Third Mizukage waved his hand, and two Kirigakure ninjas came out from the door of the Mizukage building, carrying a dead body.

The corpse was dressed like a common civilian, except for a blood-stained forehead guard hanging around his neck.

Minato, who was standing in front, glanced over. When he saw the man's appearance and Konoha's forehead guard clearly, the originally calm expression in his eyes suddenly changed.

"Miki-senpai!" Minato said with a heavy heart. The corpse in front of him was the Konoha ninja who sneaked into the Hidden Mist Village more than two months ago.

When the civilians saw the corpse, they all stepped back in fear, but in Minato's heart, the rage he was having could not be stopped.

"Third Mizukage, is this your trap?"

However, Minato did not show any anger on his face, because there were many Kiri ninjas gathered around him.

He rescued Mei Terumi last night, and it is possible that the Third Mizukage did this just to bait Minato out.

Minato also stepped back pretending to be afraid, but in his heart he really wanted to rush out and snatch the body back.

But he knew that he could never do that.

He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the Third Mizukage on the top of the Mizukage Building.

The latter smiled faintly and said, "The corpse in front of you is a spy sent by Konoha to Kirigakure. The Hozuki and Reigen clans colluded with Konoha and the two elders to launch a coup, but I discovered it in advance. Last night, these two clans were completely wiped out by the village."

As soon as he finished speaking, the civilians in the crowd below all shuddered.

Because the two clans mentioned by the Third Mizukage are the two most powerful clans in the village.

As for the two Kiri elders, they are of the same generation as the Second Mizukage and have much more seniority.

Would they actually rebel against the village and collude with Konoha?

But the body of the Konoha spy was right in front of them, and everyone couldn't help but believe it.

Minato narrowed his eyes slightly.

This is the reason the Third Mizukage found to accuse the high-ranking officials of Kirigakure and the people of the two clans who were killed..

Because no matter which village it is, this is an absolutely unforgivable crime!

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